Religion
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Soup Stop still feeding downstate hungry after 10 yearsJul 17, 2011 6:00 am - CHARLESTON — Soup Stop has been serving up free hot food and sack lunches to people in financial need for a decade now. The idea for this soup kitchen-style non-profit g...
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China slams Obama’s meeting with Dalai LamaJul 17, 2011 12:00 am - BEIJING — China on Sunday slammed President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama as an act that has “grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs” and damaged Ch...
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Dalai Lama to hold 2 events in ChicagoJul 17, 2011 12:00 am - Dalai Lama is back in Chicago for a series of events on creating connections across religions and cultures. The Tibetan spiritual leader will present a public talk Sunda...
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U.S. Buddhism at generational crossroadsJul 16, 2011 11:00 pm - GARRISON, N.Y. — Crosses still adorn one wall of this former Roman Catholic monastery, but a 6-foot golden Buddha now anchors the main room. The meditation hall, also us...
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Finding joy in life isn’t always easyJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - By Annettee Budzban abudzban@dailyherald.com #147;Consider it pure joy, my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of ...
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Tug-of-war over Iraqi Jewish trove in U.S. handsJul 11, 2011 6:00 am - BAGHDAD — A trove of Jewish books and other materials, rescued from a sewage-filled Baghdad basement during the 2003 invasion, is now caught up in a tug-of-war between t...
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Arlington Heights church at home in Metropolis theaterJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - Members of the First United Methodist Church in Arlington Heights added liturgical dance to their weekly worship service on Sunday. And why not? For the last six weeks,...
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Chaplain helps soldiers find inner peaceJul 10, 2011 6:00 am - PETERSBURG, Va. — Jumping out of an airplane or rappelling down a rope from a helicopter may be a sort of “leap of faith” for everyone who does it, but in Col. James Whi...
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Church volunteers on charitable errandsJul 10, 2011 6:00 am - SAN JOSE, Ill. — While many teens lazily revel in the warmth of a new summer, students from around the Midwest have been working long days repairing houses for needy fam...
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Crucifix saved in 1963 to be refurbishedJul 10, 2011 6:00 am - DETROIT — The image is seared in the memory of many in Detroit’s Belgian community: firefighters carrying a 13-foot crucifix out of the devastated and fire-ravaged Our L...